Attention Providers: Change Healthcare Update Change Healthcare (CHC) can resume submitting claims to RI Medicaid. This means if you are doing business with CHC, they can submit your claims to RI Medicaid and CHC can now resume downloading your 835/277unsolicited transactions.Please reach out to your clearing house representative with any questions you may have regarding the submissions. You can also reach out to riediservices@gainwelltechnologies.com.
HCBS Workforce Recruitment and Retention The pandemic has exacerbated challenges in meeting consumer demand for home and community-based services (HCBS) due to workforce shortages. To help meet these challenges, the Rhode Island Executive Office of Health and Human Services (EOHHS) is dedicating approximately $57 million in funding from the American Rescue Plan Act (APRA) to increase compensation to direct service workers in our home and community-based workforce. The goals of this program are to: Increase our ability to meet Medicaid consumer needs for HCBS services Increase the number of HCBS direct care workers and licensed health professionals actively providing frontline services Improve retention rates for HCBS staff Reduce vacancy rates for HCBS staff